Xaizek wrote:
> Hi,
> I don't know if someone need it, but this is a very small patch for
> 7.3.087 that adds an option /hidden to !start command on Windows (in
> file src/os_win32.c). This option could be used to run external
> console applications in a background (like ctags after saving file)
> without opening console window.
>
> 3360a3361
> > DWORD flags = CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE;
> 3377a3379,3384
> > if ((STRNICMP(cmdbase, "/hidden", 7) == 0)
> > && vim_iswhite(cmdbase[7]))
> > {
> > cmdbase = skipwhite(cmdbase + 7);
> > flags = CREATE_NO_WINDOW;
> > }
> 3405c3412
> < CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, // Creation flags
> ---
> > flags, // Creation flags
Why /hidden? The docs for "start" mention /b.
This needs to be properly documented, especially what commands can be
run this way and what happens if the command tries to read input anyway.
And verify this on different systems, especially Windows XP and Windows
7.
For the diff, please use "diff -u" or "diff -c".
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